Acts. 177

Account of all the Lots so taken up, paid for, and built on, according
to the Directions of the said Act.

Session
Laws

A Supplementary Act to the Act, Intituled, An Act, to limit the Con-
tinuance of Actions in several Courts within this Province; and
ascertaining the Manner of taking the Evidence of Seafaring Men ;
and for granting Appeals from the Chancery Court to the Gov-
ernour and Council.

Whereas, the Continuance of Actions depending in any of the
Courts of Law within this Province, by an Act of Assembly, Intituled,
An Act to limit the Continuance of Actions in several Courts within
this Province; and ascertaining the Manner of taking the Evidence
of Seafaring Men; and for granting Appeals from the Chancery
Court to the Governeur, stands limited to Four Courts, and no longer ;
which, by Experience, is found to be too short a Time in the High
Court of Appeals, that Court not being fixed to any particular Days
or Times when it shall be held; so that it may happen, that four or
more Courts may be held in one Year; which, if any intervening
Accident happens to impede a Trial, does not allow a sufficient Time
to finish the same :

Chap. XVI
Amends
1721, ch. 14

Be It Therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord
Proprietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's
Governeur, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the
Authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful, to and for
the Judges in the said High Court of Appeals, as Judges on all Writs
of Error, or Appeals, from the Courts of Common Law in this Prov-
ince, as often as to them shall seem necessary for the better Admin-
istration of Justice, to continue any Appeal, or Writ of Error, now
depending, or which hereafter shall be depending in the said Court,
for the full Term or Time of Two Years, to be compleated from the
End of the Appearance Court, and no longer; any Law, Statute, or
Usage to the contrary, in any-wise, notwithstanding.

p. 37

An Act for the Preservation of the Breed of Wild Deer.

Whereas, it has been represented to this General Assembly, That
the Species of Deer hath of late Years been very much lessened,
occasioned principally by the Inhabitants shooting, or otherwise
destroying them, during the Time of the Female Deer being with
young; and which evil Practice, if not put a Stop to, may in a few
Years entirely destroy the Species of Deer, to the great Damage of
the good People of this Province. For Prevention whereof, it is
prayed, that it may be Enacted :
And Be It Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprie-
tary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Govern-
eur, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the
Authority of the same, That it shall not nor may be lawful for any

Chap. XVII